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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2023, 2:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2023, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Duval County, TX, La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 16, 10:59 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:59 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 4:56 AM CST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 456 AM CST Thu Feb 16 2023 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-171100- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval-Jim Wells- Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio-Coastal Aransas- Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg-Coastal Nueces- Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands-Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun- Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- 456 AM CST Thu Feb 16 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Patchy fog early this morning over the Coastal Bend and Victoria Crossroads, in advance of cold front. A Red Flag Warning is in effect today for portions of the southern interior Coastal Bend, the Brush Country, and over the Rio Grande Plains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Wind Chills in the mid to upper 20s are anticipated for portions of south Texas Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ231-232-236-237-250-255-270-275-171100- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM- 456 AM CST Thu Feb 16 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Patchy fog early this morning over the bays and nearshore coastal waters, in advance of a cold front. A Gale Warning remains in effect this afternoon and tonight for the offshore coastal waters. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect today and tonight for the bays and nearshore coastal waters. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to very strong offshore flow expected through Friday. Frequent gusts to gale may occur over the offshore waters, with occasional gusts to gale possible over the nearshore waters. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 87/HA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:29 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 42 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:17 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 5 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.